Tally-board.



1) E. CGUGHLIN.

TALLY BOARD.

APPLICATION TILED AUG. 3, 1910.

1,009,383.. Pa ented Nov. 21, 1911.

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DAVID E. COUGHLIN, O]? DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TALLY-BOA BD.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, DAVID E. COUGHLIN, a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne struction wherein counters are employed adapted to be moved a number'of times over a defined vcourse, a familiar example being the ordinary cribbage board wherein the course is defined by rows of perforations in, which the'usual counting pegs are adapted to be inserted.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a construction that will indicate to the player the particular round of the counter or counters upon the board, thus preventing any possibihty of error or dispute as to whether the pegs or pins or other counters of the player are tallying on the first or final round of the game. i

p The invention consists in an indicating means for the purpose set forth; in the peculiar application thereof to the tally board; and, further, in the novel and simple arrangement and combinationof parts, andin various, details of construction, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed.

For the purpose of illustration, I have shown my invention embodied in the'ordinary cribbage board, the indicating means showing to the player whether the counting pegs are on the first or final round of the course, two rounds of the counters being ordinarily required for the game. e

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a plan view of a ,cribbage board, showingvmy improved indicating means applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View; and Figs. 3 and 4: are enlarged sectional perspective views.

In the drawings thus briefly described, A represents the board proper or body having a plurality of courses thereon each comprising a plurality of sections, as the parallel series of perforations, B, two courses being provided, one for each player.

G represents the counting pegs or pins insertible within the perforations, and D is the indicator.

In the preferred form I have shown the Specification of Letters Patent. Application med Augiist a, 1910. Serial No. man.

F, 1 to 4 inclusive.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

course and projecting through the board front, the periphery having formed-thereon indications of a suitable character for the purpose desired. In the present instance, the characters are in the form of numerals Operating means preferably controlled by the counting pins are provided for each indicator, but as the mechanisms are similar only one will be described. i

The body is preferably made hollow to contain the various parts. Within the body beneath the course of perforations are arranged in parallel alinement a pair of fiat oblong bars, indicated by the reference-letters G and H, suitabl journaled at their ends in bearings I I or rotary movement. Each bar ispositioned' to rotate beneath one of the series of perforations; at their ends distant from the indicator they areprovided with intermeshing gears J and K; and at the indicator one bar is provided with an extension L, polygonal in cross section, which passes throughthe indicating disk and serves as a means for operating the. same.

In 0 eration, the parts are so arranged that be ore the play commences the indicator will disclose the numeral 1 through the inspection opening in the board top; the oper- ,cating disk. As thus arranged, the pins when inserted within the outer series of apertures or perforations will have no effect upon the indicator, and the latter will show.

by the numeral 1 that the player is counting for the first time upon the first or outer section of the course. As the game progresses, and the pins'are inserted within the inner series of openings, such insertion.

causes the partial rotation of the inner op erating bar; and a corresponding movement of the indicating disk brings the numeral 2 into view, thus showing to the player that indicator in theform'of a disk E mounted the pins are passing over the second half of the course or completing the first round. During the movement of the inner bar the first operating bar is moved by the intermeshing gears into a plane substantially parallel wit-h the board top, so that as the pins enter the outer series of the course for the second time they Will engage and again rotate the bar, and correspondingly the indicating disk. In this manner, as the player inserts the pegs during the operation of counting,the indicator will show in each instance the particular series or section of the course that the counters are on, and also the particular round of the counters upon the board, so that there is at no time any possibility of dispute as to whether the players counters areon the first or final round of the game.

What I claim as my invention is,-

1. In a tally board, the combination with the board proper having parallel series of perforations therein, of a counting pin insertible within the openings, movable members adjoining the perforations operable by the pin, an indicator, and an operative connection between the indicator and movable members.

2. In a cribbage board, the combination With the board proper having two series of perforations formed therein extending in parallel alinement, of the counting pegs or pins insertible within the openings, parallel bars arranged beneath the openings for rotary movement and adapted to be partially rotated by the insertion of the pins, a drive connection between the bars, an indicator, and an operative connection between said indicator and bars.

3. In a tally-board, the combination with the board proper, having a course thereon formed of a plurality of sections, and a counter. adapted to be moved over said course, and means positioned inoperative relation to all of said sections and operated by said counter for indicating the particular section of the course the counter is upon. p I

4.. In a tally board, the combination with the board proper having a course thereon formed of several sections, a counter adapted to be moved over said course, an indicator, and means for actuating said indicator normally positioned in operative relation to the several sections of the course, operated upon the initial movement of the counter over any of the sect-ions and moved thereby out of operative relation to the sections.

5. In a tallyboard, the combination with the board proper having a plurality of courses thereon, a counter adapted to be alternately moved along said course, an indicator, mechanism for operating said indicator moved out of operative relation to one of said courses upon the initial movement of the counter along said course and into operative relation to the other course.

6. In a tally board, the combination with the board proper having a plurality of courses thereon each comprising several sections, a counter adapted to engage said courses, an indicator, mechanism for operating said indicator positioned in operative relation to the sections of each course, said mechanism being operated upon the initial engagement of the counter with the course at any of the sections thereof and-moved thereby out of operative relation to the sections of said course.

7. In a tally board, the combination with the board proper, having a plurality of courses thereon each comprising several sections, a counter adapted to engage said courses, an indicator, mechanism for operating said indicator positioned in operative relation to the sections of each course, said mechanism being operated upon the initial engagement of the counter with the course at any of the sections thereof, the initial engagement of said counter with the course being adapted to move said mechanism out of operative relation to the sections of said course and to move said mechanism into operative relationto the sections of said other courses,

8. In a tally board, the combination with the board proper having a course thereon defined by perforations, of a counting pin engageable with said perforations, an indicator, means for actuating said indicator normally positioned in operative relation to said perforations operated upon the initial engagement of said pin With any of the perforations of said course and moved by said pin out of operative relation to the openings. v

9. In a tally board, the combination with the board proper having a series of perforations therein, of a counting pin insertible within said perforations, an indicator, a rockable member for actuating said indicator normally positioned in operative relat-ion to the perforations and movable upon the initial e agement of said pin with any of the per orations of the series out of operative relation thereto.

10. In a tally board, the combination with the board proper having a series of perforations thereon, of a counting pin insertible within said perforations, an indicator, a bar for operating said indicator positioned beneath the board and mounted for rocking movement, said bar being opera-ted upon tions formed therein extending in rallel In testimony whereof I afiix my signature a1inement-,of a counting peg insertib e within presence of two witnesses. in the perforations, an indicator, means ex- DAVID E 'COUGHLIN tending longitudinally of the seriesfor op- 5 erating sai indicator and actuated upon Witnesses:

'the imtial engagement of the peg with the Jams P. BARRY, perfomtions of the series. Y W. J. BELKNAP. 

